H.B. No. 5436 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF BROWNFIELDS AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES AND ESTABLISHING A BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION TAX CREDIT', to authorize municipalities and prospective purchasers of brownfields and abandoned properties to enter into certain agreements concerning property taxes and to establish a tax credit for costs associated with the remediation of a brownfield. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5437 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT ESTABLISHING A JOB CREATION INCENTIVE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM FOR THE HIRING AND RETENTION OF NEW FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES', to establish a job creation incentive tax credit program for the hiring and retention of new, full-time employees in order to encourage businesses to grow and maintain jobs. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5438 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING MINOR AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO COMMERCE-RELATED STATUTES', to make minor and technical corrections to statutes regarding the Department of Economic and Community Development and Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5439 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATING TO BIOSCIENCE AND CROWDFUNDING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEB SITE', to require the Department of Economic and Community Development web site to include information concerning bioscience and crowdfunding. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5440 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND PERMITTING THROUGH THE STATE'S ELECTRONIC BUSINESS PORTAL', to require the Secretary of the State and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development to study the feasibility of expanding the state's electronic business portal to serve as a centralized business registration and licensing filing system. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5441 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CONNECTICUT EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN CENTER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT', to establish a Connecticut Employee Stock Ownership Plan Center within the Department of Economic and Community Development to provide assistance to businesses interested in developing employee stock ownership plans. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5442 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN WORKER COOPERATIVES', to allow the participation of nonprofit entities in the governing decisions of and encourage capital support for worker cooperatives. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5443 (RAISED) COMMERCE. 'AN ACT CONCERNING STATE MARKETING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT', to require the Department of Economic and Community Development to study the needs of manufacturers in the state. REF. COMMERCE

H.B. No. 5444 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY ACT', to create a uniform student data privacy terms-of-service agreement addendum for use in contracts, to require a one-time annual notice relating to contracts entered into by the board of education, to require the Department of Education to provide written guidance on the laws relating to student data privacy, to authorize the retention of student records required by state and federal law and for purposes of disaster recovery systems, to allow the use of certain web sites and mobile applications that do not comply with the law if specified in a child's IEP, and to add the executive director of the Connecticut Association of Schools to the membership of the student data privacy task force. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5447 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS CONCERNING PRIVATE PROVIDERS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION', to require that boards of education enter into contracts with private providers of special education and to clarify that individualized education programs are not considered contracts, and to require the Commissioner of Education to establish a rates schedule for the provision of special education by private providers of special education services. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5448 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALIGNMENT OF EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE NEEDS', to require the Department of Education, in consultation with the Office of Higher Education and the Labor Department, to study ways in which to align curriculums and educational opportunities to meet the workforce needs of businesses and industries in the state. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5449 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE ALIGNMENT AND MERGING OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDING STREAMS, ELIGIBILITY, RATES AND POLICIES', to authorize the Commissioner of Early Childhood to retain up to two per cent of certain appropriations for the purpose of evaluating and improving child care programs, to revise state law to be in compliance with federal law, to authorize the commissioner to review and establish rates for school readiness programs, and to expand the use of unexpended school readiness funds to assist in services for children transitioning into preschool and from preschool to kindergarten. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5450 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION', to revise the staff qualifications requirement for early childhood educators to require that all such educators hold at least an associate degree by July 1, 2020. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5452 (RAISED) EDUCATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK FORCE ON LIFE-THREATENING FOOD ALLERGIES IN SCHOOLS', to implement the recommendations of the task force on life-threatening food allergies in schools. REF. EDUCATION

H.B. No. 5453 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICIES FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS', to require liability coverage policies for underground storage tanks to renew at the end of the term for such policy if the insured is in good standing and has timely paid the premiums for such policy. REF. ENVIRONMENT

H.B. No. 5454 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING NINETY-DAY PERMIT TURNAROUND TIMES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION', to modify and clarify certain ninety-day turnaround times for permits issued by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. REF. ENVIRONMENT

H.B. No. 5455 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE WATER PLAN', to require the updating of the state water plan every five years. REF. ENVIRONMENT

H.B. No. 5456 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING LOCAL REPRESENTATION ON THE CONNECTICUT SITING COUNCIL AND THE LANGUAGE OF PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES FOR CERTAIN FACILITY APPLICATIONS', to require a municipal representative be appointed for each application before the Connecticut Siting Council concerning an electric distribution company and to require certain Siting Council proceeding notices to abutting property owners to be written in layman's terms. REF. ENVIRONMENT

H.B. No. 5458 (RAISED) GENERAL LAW. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF THE RETAIL SALE OF MARIJUANA', to regulate the retail sale, personal growth and recreational use of marijuana by persons twenty-one years of age or older. REF. GENERAL LAW

H.B. No. 5459 (RAISED) GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS. 'AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTIONS AND REFERENDA', to (1) provide that, subject to certain restrictions on electioneering, members of the public may utilize restrooms in the building where a polling place is located, and (2) make technical and conforming changes to statutes concerning elections and referenda. REF. GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

H.B. No. 5461 (RAISED) HUMAN SERVICES. 'AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR NUTRITION PROGRAMS FOR ELDERLY PERSONS', to increase the rate of reimbursement for meals on wheels offered through the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly by ten per cent and require a study of cost savings that may be realized by consolidating the administration of funding for nutrition programs for elderly persons under the Department of Rehabilitation Services. REF. HUMAN SERVICES

H.B. No. 5462 (RAISED) HUMAN SERVICES. 'AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSITION SERVICES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS', to require transition services for special education students who are fourteen to twenty-two years of age and to provide a written bill of rights to parents of special education students at an initial planning and placement team meeting. REF. HUMAN SERVICES

H.B. No. 5463 (RAISED) HUMAN SERVICES. 'AN ACT CONCERNING A MEDICAID PUBLIC OPTION', to establish a Medicaid public option in which persons not otherwise eligible for Medicaid can buy coverage. REF. HUMAN SERVICES

H.B. No. 5465 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING GOOD TIME CREDITS', to prohibit persons who were sentenced prior to the abolishment of good time credits from continuing to collect such credits. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5466 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN', to require any conviction for risk of injury to a child to carry a minimum consecutive thirty-day term of imprisonment. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5470 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF TIMELY NOTICE OF CHILD PLACEMENT INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE CHILD IN A CHILD PROTECTION MATTER', to require the Department of Children and Families to provide timely notice of child placement information to an attorney or guardian ad litem who represents the child in a child protection matter. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5471 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING VICTIM'S RIGHTS', to ensure that any victim's request for restitution is considered by the court. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5473 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING CAPTIVE AUDIENCE MEETINGS', to prohibit an employer from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5474 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT CONCERNING AN ACCIDENT REPORT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH A PERSON WAS KILLED', to provide that an investigation of an accident report completed with respect to a motor vehicle accident in which any person was killed shall reach a conclusion as to the cause of the accident, or be referred to the state's attorney who may refer the case to the State Police for further investigation. REF. JUDICIARY

H.B. No. 5478 (RAISED) LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. 'AN ACT CONCERNING TECHNICAL AND MINOR CHANGES TO THE LABOR DEPARTMENT STATUTES', to implement the recommendations of the Labor Department and to make technical and minor changes to the labor statutes. REF. LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

H.B. No. 5479 (RAISED) LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. 'AN ACT ELIMINATING OVERTIME FROM STATE EMPLOYEE PENSION CALCULATIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES', to exclude overtime payments when calculating a state employee's retirement income. REF. LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

H.B. No. 5483 (RAISED) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 'AN ACT AUTHORIZING A STUDY OF THE CREATION OF A LAND BANK AUTHORITY', to require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct a study regarding the creation of a land bank authority. REF. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

H.B. No. 5487 (RAISED) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONTINUANCE OF A NONCONFORMING USE, BUILDING OR STRUCTURE', to prohibit municipal zoning commissions from requiring a special permit or special exception for the continuance of a use, building or structure made nonconforming by new zoning regulations. REF. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

H.B. No. 5488 (RAISED) PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT', to require the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to conduct a study regarding a transit-oriented development plan. REF. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

H.B. No. 5489 (RAISED) PUBLIC HEALTH. 'AN ACT CONCERNING REPLACEMENT OF SERVICE LINES BY A WATER COMPANY AND WATER TESTING', to protect the quality of drinking water and eliminate onerous duplication of water testing. REF. PUBLIC HEALTH

H.B. No. 5491 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MUST LEAVE IN A JUDGMENT DEBTOR'S ACCOUNT DURING A BANK ACCOUNT EXECUTION', to require financial institutions to leave the lesser of the account balance or one thousand dollars in a judgment debtor's account during a bank execution. REF. BANKING

H.B. No. 5494 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT REQUIRING THE STATE TREASURER TO REPORT ON THE EFFECT OF FEDERAL TAX REFORM ON THE CONNECTICUT HIGHER EDUCATION TRUST', to require the State Treasurer to report on the effect of federal tax reform on the Connecticut Higher Education Trust. REF. BANKING

H.B. No. 5498 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC FUNDS AND LICENSURE OR ACCREDITATION', to prevent educational institutions that require students to waive certain rights from receiving public funds or licensure or accreditation from the Office of Higher Education. REF. BANKING

H.B. No. 5500 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CONNECTICUT INFRASTRUCTURE BANK', to establish the Connecticut Infrastructure Bank to encourage the improvement of infrastructure in the state by providing loans and other financial assistance to public and private entities for infrastructure projects. REF. BANKING

H.B. No. 5501 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT CONCERNING SECURED AND UNSECURED LENDING', to make a technical change to a provision of the general statutes concerning secured and unsecured lending. REF. BANKING

H.B. No. 5502 (RAISED) BANKING. 'AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT CREDIT UNION SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND CONNECTICUT UNINSURED BANKS', to (1) change the definition of credit union service organization, (2) require Connecticut credit union service organizations to notify the of Banking Commissioner prior to the closing of such service organization, (3) allow the Banking Commissioner to require from an uninsured bank or a trust bank a fee in lieu of a certain assessment, and (4) modify the criteria for approving a proposed Connecticut bank. REF. BANKING